Title 34, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Any elector may sign as many nominating petitions for hospital district trustee as there are persons to be elected. All regular elections after the first shall be held on the primary election date specified in § 12-2-1 and notice thereof shall be given as required by the laws rel…

The trustees of the hospital district shall serve without pay. A vacancy upon the board of trustees shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members and the appointee shall serve until the next ensuing regular election for trustees. The trustees shall keep accurate minutes…

The trustees at their first meeting shall adopt rules, regulations, and bylaws deemed suitable and necessary for the government and management of the district. The trustees shall elect one of its members as chairman, one as treasurer, and one as secretary. The trustees shall desi…

The district may purchase, construct, equip, lease, or otherwise acquire public hospital facilities and issue bonds for the cost thereof. All bonds shall be authorized, issued, and sold by the board of trustees as provided in chapter 6-8B , except that no bonds may be issued in e…

If the bond issue receives sixty percent of the votes cast and the creation of the district fails to receive sixty percent of the votes cast under § 34-10-9 , the bond issue is deemed to have failed. Source: SL 1959, ch 135 , § 9; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.19B09; SL 1984, ch 43 , § 117…

Whenever a petition praying that a public hospital district be established signed by not less than ten percent of the resident electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed public hospital district, which petition shall definitely describe the boundaries of the proposed…

At the time bonds are issued pursuant to § 34-10-16 the trustees shall by resolution provide for the levy of an irrepealable tax upon all of the property within the hospital district for the years and in the amounts, sufficient to pay the principal and interest when due, without …

If the board of trustees at any time shall transfer and irrevocably appropriate to the debt service fund maintained by it for the payment of bonds issued pursuant to § 34-10-16 moneys received from sources other than tax levies pursuant to § 34-10-21 , it may in its discretion ca…

If the moneys in the debt service fund are at any time insufficient for the payment of principal and interest due on bonds of the district, such payment shall nevertheless be made from any other funds of the district available therefor, and such other funds may be reimbursed from…

The procedures for the collection of the tax shall be in accordance with the existing laws of the State of South Dakota. The funds collected under the tax levy shall be transferred to the treasurer of the hospital district by the county treasurer or county treasurers at the same …

In lieu of issuing bonds, the hospital district board may levy an annual tax not to exceed five mills for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, equipping, leasing, or otherwise acquiring and maintaining a hospital, and shall direct the treasurer of the district to place such m…

The board of trustees of any public hospital district shall have authority to levy an annual tax not to exceed one dollar per thousand dollars of taxable valuation of all real and personal property taxable within said district for the purpose of operating and maintaining any hosp…

The treasurer of the hospital district shall keep a detailed account of all tax moneys paid into the public hospital district fund, of all other moneys from any source received by the district, and of all payments and disbursements from the fund. Funds shall be paid out on warran…

The board shall have authority to lease any hospital facilities of the district to persons and private or public corporations for the purpose of operation, provided that in the opinion of the board the needs of the community can best be served thereby. Source: SL 1959, ch 135 , §…

The hospital district board, at the close of each year of business, shall cause an audit to be made by the State Department of Legislative Audit, or an auditor approved by the State Department of Legislative Audit of the books, records, and financial affairs of the district, and …

The board of county commissioners at the next regular, adjourned, or special session shall canvass the petition or petitions and if signed by the requisite number of resident electors, it shall order an election to be held in all voting precincts in the proposed district not less…

At any time after five years from the date any public hospital district is created, such district may be dissolved following the same procedures for the establishment of the district, set forth in this chapter. However, such district shall not be dissolved if it is indebted in an…

A dissolution of a hospital district shall be effective for all purposes six months after the election determining same; provided that at or before such time the board of trustees certifies to the board or boards of county commissioners in whose territory said district is located…

Upon any such dissolution the trustees may make a sale of all of the property of the district, following the procedures, so far as applicable, provided for the sale by counties of surplus property and if there shall be any surplus funds the same shall be placed in the general fun…

If the district extends into two or more counties, the boards of county commissioners shall, within thirty days after the filing of such petition, meet in joint session and canvass the same, and if found to be signed by the requisite number of resident electors in the district, t…

The board, or, if in more than one county, the boards acting jointly, shall cause notice of said election to be given, setting forth the time and places of holding the same and the hours when the polls will open and close. Such notice shall be published for two consecutive weeks …

Before any election is held, the election board shall obtain from the county auditor or auditors a registration list for the area within the boundaries of the proposed district, which shall show the names of all qualified electors within the proposed district. Source: SL 1959, ch…

An individual is entitled to vote at an election conducted in a proposed hospital district if the individual is registered as a voter, pursuant to chapter 12-4 , and is a resident of the proposed hospital district. Source: SL 1959, ch 135 , § 8; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.19B08; SL 1972…

In the event that sixty percent of the votes cast in each voting precinct or portion thereof, which is included in the proposed district, are in favor of the creation and establishment of said public hospital district, the board or boards of county commissioners shall within ten …